From the description I read, I wouldn't call it a spin off per se (at least in how I think of a spin off...one of the characters gets a show). All new cast, and it will be from the mother's POV this time around. I don't know if I'm up for another 9 years of waiting around for the spouses to meet

From the description I read, I wouldn't call it a spin off per se (at least in how I think of a spin off...one of the characters gets a show). All new cast, and it will be from the mother's POV this time around. I don't know if I'm up for another 9 years of waiting around for the spouses to meet

Spinoffs vary. A lot of shows were started or tried to start by just introducing characters into a single episode as a pilot. Can't think of any successful ones that started that way, though.

From the description I read, I wouldn't call it a spin off per se (at least in how I think of a spin off...one of the characters gets a show). All new cast, and it will be from the mother's POV this time around. I don't know if I'm up for another 9 years of waiting around for the spouses to meet

Exactly, probably only character that stays would be the mother obviously but like you said i don't want to see another 8 years haha. And I am sure the writers will try to be cute and show tie ins from the father side where paths crossed throughout the series which might get annoying.

But either way i am sure i will get suckered into watching it haha

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From the description I read, I wouldn't call it a spin off per se (at least in how I think of a spin off...one of the characters gets a show). All new cast, and it will be from the mother's POV this time around. I don't know if I'm up for another 9 years of waiting around for the spouses to meet

I read that this is being rushed to get everything together for the series finale of HIMYM. Because, it's supposed to take place in the same world and we need to be introduced to the new cast in a familiar setting. Seems like they just want to continue HIMYM, but with different actors.

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Spinoffs vary. A lot of shows were started or tried to start by just introducing characters into a single episode as a pilot. Can't think of any successful ones that started that way, though.

I think you're talking about backdoor pilots. Where an episode of your favorite show is hijacked by a bunch of new people in a new setting and the hijinx are thinly connected to the original show, either by a character or storyline. A successful one would be Facts of Life which snuck into an episode of Diff'rent Strokes. An unsuccessful one would be Who's the Boss? and Living Dolls...well it made it to series, but didn't survive long at all. Not sure if that counts.

I think you're talking about backdoor pilots. Where an episode of your favorite show is hijacked by a bunch of new people in a new setting and the hijinx are thinly connected to the original show, either by a character or storyline.

Never heard that term. The shows you sited were called spinoffs in the general media. I would assume you are using an inside term that is a subset of spinoffs.

I think you're talking about backdoor pilots. Where an episode of your favorite show is hijacked by a bunch of new people in a new setting and the hijinx are thinly connected to the original show, either by a character or storyline. A successful one would be Facts of Life which snuck into an episode of Diff'rent Strokes. An unsuccessful one would be Who's the Boss? and Living Dolls...well it made it to series, but didn't survive long at all. Not sure if that counts.

Spinoff would be Cheers & Frasier or Friends & Joey.

The classic one of these was Mork & Mindy, where the Mork character was introduced on Happy Days.

According to the Sepinwall post from that previous thread, it's not going to be about how Ted Moseby's future wife met Ted. It's going to be about a completely different woman and a completely different set of characters. No connection to HIMYM other than maybe some similar settings and obviously some similar storylines.

Never heard that term. The shows you sited were called spinoffs in the general media. I would assume you are using an inside term that is a subset of spinoffs.

We are general public, so we use general public terms.

Backdoor pilot is a pretty common term. Shows like CSI: Miami, CSI: NY and NCIS: LA were all launched with backdoor pilots. If you watched The Office, they made a backdoor pilot for "The Farm" that was to star Dwight and Mose taking care of the beet farm. NBC ultimately chose not to order that to series, but they still showed a good chunk of the backdoor pilot in one of the final episodes of the series.

Backdoor pilot is a pretty common term. Shows like CSI: Miami, CSI: NY and NCIS: LA were all launched with backdoor pilots. If you watched The Office, they made a backdoor pilot for "The Farm" that was to star Dwight and Mose taking care of the beet farm. NBC ultimately chose not to order that to series, but they still showed a good chunk of the backdoor pilot in one of the final episodes of the series.

I know how ill people feel about Wikipedia but they have the Variety definition which says a backdoor pilot is either a standalone movie (the Fox Doctor who would be one) or a spinoff from a series with a different cast. I shortened the whole thing. I trust Variety.

Still not a common term for the layman. Sounds pretty common for the industry.

The best example of a "backdoor pilot" is when you have one (or more) character deciding to fly/drive/walk/etc. to another setting (city, state, country, house, whatever), encounter a whole new set of people in this new setting, then the episode involves them and the main character(s) we know ends up being somewhat superfluous to the episode.

I think the difference between a spinoff and a backdoor pilot, is a spinoff is unplanned when the characters first appear on the original show, and a backdoor pilot is planned ahead of time as a possible new show with those characters.

I think you're talking about backdoor pilots. Where an episode of your favorite show is hijacked by a bunch of new people in a new setting and the hijinx are thinly connected to the original show, either by a character or storyline. A successful one would be Facts of Life which snuck into an episode of Diff'rent Strokes. An unsuccessful one would be Who's the Boss? and Living Dolls...well it made it to series, but didn't survive long at all. Not sure if that counts.

Another unsuccessful back-door pilot: Assignment: Earth, which was a 2nd-season episode of Star Trek.